The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 13, 1953, Image 14

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Campus. Organizations Represent Religious Groups
Religious groups and de
nominations at the College
are represented by various
student organizations on cam
pus. Tl;ke, groups plan a wide
reek of activities from social
programs to worship services
and are open to freshmen.
Inter-Church Student Fellowship
is made up of two appointed rep
resentatives from each denomina
tional student religious organiza
tion. Representatives from each
church attend a fellowship meet
ing the first Sunday of every
month, and take back for approval
plans outlined at the joint meet
mg.
Through these delegates, organ
izations sponsor union worship
services and occasional radio ad
dresses. Groups are active in Reli
gion -In-Life Week activities. As
part of their recreation program,
an Inter-denominational Basket
ball League is organized during
basketball season.
Young Friends provides an op
portunity for Quaker students and
other interested persons to meet
and discuss principles of their re
ligion and possible solutions to
community and world problems.
Informal discussion groups are
held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday; morning
worship is at 10:45 a.m.; a regu
lar meeting is held at 7 p.m. Sun
day in the Meeting House, 318 S.
Atherton street. Suppers, square
dances, open houses, or hikes are
held on Friday nights:
Orthodox Church Student Group
endeavors to fulfill the religious
needs of nationalities belonging
to the Orthodox Rite Church. Na
tionalities include members of the
Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Syr
ian, Armenian, Romanian, Alban
ian, Bulgarian and Serbian Ortho
dox Church. '
Services at St. Andrew's Episco
pal Church, Foster avenue and
Frazier street, include talks by
visiting priests from cities near
the College. Notices concerning
meetings will appear in the Daily
Collegian and Centre Daily Times.
Evangelical United Brethren
Fellowship, will hold a mixer at
7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Student
Fellowship room of St. John's
Evangelical United Br et hr en
Church, Burrowes road and Bea
ver avenue. Games and refresh
ments have been planned, and
new members will be taken on a
tour of the church and introduced
to officers.
The fellowship meets at 6:15
p.m. Sunday, with a supper held
once a month before meetings.
Monthly socials are planned for
members and interested students.
Unitarian Student Fellowship
will hold a meeting for new fresh
men at .6:20 p.m. Sept. 20 at the
Christian Association.
Meetings are held with other
campus religious groups. Members
meet at 6:20 p.m. at the Student
Union desk in Old Main and pro
ceed to their meeting place. Stu
dents interested in membership
may call Dr. Gerald Haac, exten
sion 2422 or town 2861, or John
Tomlinson, at the University Club,
2251. A newsletter is sent to mem
bers.
Newman Club, named for the
late English literary figure, Cardi
lial Newman, looks after spiritual
interests of Roman Catholic stu
dents. The group holds executive
meetings twice a month and a
monthly business meeting. A get
acquainted mixer is tentatively
planned for 8 p.m.,Sept. 20 in Ath
erton lounge.
Meetings will be held on Tues
day, Wednesday or Thursday
nights in available classrooms for
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discussion of religious and educa
tional problems. At least one so
cial gathering is held each month.
Plans for this semester include 'a
communion breakfast once a
month following the 9 or 10 a.m.
Sunday services. The Nittany
Newmanite newsletter is pub
lished monthly. A weekly broad
cast will be sponsored by the
group at 7:45 p.m. Monday.
Lutheran Student Association
emphasizes worship, Bible study,
evangelism, service and recreation.
Open house will be held every
night during Orientation Week in
the Lutheran Student Center, 412
W. College avenue. An ItScream
4-A Party will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Friday. The center is open for
recreation from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
weekdays and until midnight on
weekends. A social is held at
7:30 p.m. every Friday night.
Bible study classes meet at
7 p.m. Tues.day and 9:30 a.m. Sun
day. Church services are 8:30 and
10:45 a.m. Sunday, and vesper ser
vices at 6:30 p.m. The Student
Counbil meets the second and
fourth nights of every month.
Penn State Lutheran is the month
ly publication.
Roger Williams Fellowship is
the University Baptist Student or
ganization. A Sunday supper at
5 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Baptist Stu
dent Center, Nittany avenue and
Burrowes road, will be followed
by worship and a fellowship pro
gram. A social gathering will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26. A fun
night is held at 7 p.m. every Fri
day at the center.
The Baby Sitters' League
started last year is still function
ing. Deputations, or teams to con
duct worship services, are occa
sionally sent to churches within
a 100-mile radius of the College.
Link is the fellowship publication,
and the group sponsors unsched
uled broadcasts over WMAJ.
United Student Fellowship pro
vides for the spiritual needs of the
Evangelical, Reformed, and Con
gregational Christian Church stu
dents. A tentative schedule in
cludes a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept.
20 in the Faith Evangelical and
Reformed Church, College avenue
and Miles street. Dr. Werle, Chap
el speaker, will be guest speaker.
A picnic will be• held at 2 p.m.
Sept. - 26 at Whipple Dam. A
meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 will
introduce the new student pastor.
Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, with .a 5:30 p.m. supper
program every other week. FaM
ily relations, world religious prob
lems, and seasonal religious topics
are discussed at meetings. Social
events are held at 7:30 p.m. every
other Friday. Tatler, the fellow
ship newsletter, is published twice
a semester.
Westminster Foundation is a
2'ear illioJ . . . . ,
Welcome to Penn State. We know you'll
have a wonderful time here . . . from the
time you put on your freshman dink until
the time you take off the graduate's-cap and
gown.
We hope you'll drop in at Simon's this week
and see our wonderful selection of shoes.
Here is our list of brands, we know your favorite
Is among them:
* FLORSHEIM
* CORONET
* TOWN & COUNTRY * SANDLER
* LARKWOOD
continuation of the Presbyterian
Westminster E'ellowship youth
program on college level. Open
house will be held 7 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday at the Pres
byterian Student Center, 132 W.
Beaver avenue. , "From Whence
Cornett), the Dink" will be the
theme of the meeting for fresh
men at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20. A social,
the Presbyterian "Welcome Wa
gon," will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 26.
Morning worship service is at
9:30 a.m. Sunday and young peo
ple's meeting at 6:30 p.m. Devo
tions and Bible study meetings
will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday
and choir practice at 8:15 p.m.
The Student Council' meets
Tuesday, and all social activities
are scheduled for Friday night.
They include square dances, skat
ing parties, and a weekend cabin
party at the PSCA cabin. A dra
matic group is planned.
The Christian Outieabh Corn
mission sends deputations to ad
dress student church groups at
other' colleges and the county
home. A spring yearbook and
Christmas and Easter booklets are
published.
Wesley Foundation provides for
the religious needs of Methodist
students. During Orientation Week
open house will be held at 7:30
p.m. every night in the Founda
tion House. A party for new stu
dents will ,be held -at 7:30 p.m.
Friday in the gym. Games and re
freshments are planned.
The group holds weekly break
fasts at 7 a.m. Thursday and an
open house Friday night. Supper
,is served at 5:15 p.m. Sunday. A
!meeting is held at 6:30 p.m., and
fellowship meeting at 9:30 p.m.
An annual banquet, picnics and
cabin parties at the PSCA cabin
are among :the social events. Choir
and drama groups are other ac
tivities. The weekly Nittany Wes
! leyan and the Wesleyan Way, a
lyearbook, are the publications.
Kappa Phi, Methodist Women's
organization, trains members for
future church leadership: It meets
at 7 p.m. the first and third Wed
nesday of every month in the Wes
ley Foundation. Candidates for
membership are tapped.
"Activities include social and ser
vice projects held in cooperation
with the women's societies of the
Methodist churches. The Kappa
Phi Karnival and annual , senior
recognition, banquet are held in
the spring.
Hillel Foundation, national or
ganization devoted to cultural, re
ligious, and counseling service for
Jewish students, will hold open
house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Orien
tation Week at the foundation
house, 240 S. Miles street. A mixer
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thurs
day. Yom Kippur services will
* MADEMOISELLE
* AVONETTE
* DEB
109 S. ALLEN ST.
begin at 8 p.m. Friday and con
tinue from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sat
urday. Following the services
there will be refreshments and
dancing. A meeting for freshmen
will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 20; a
film will follow at 3 p.m.
The governing board of Hillel
meets once every two weeks. Ac
tivities are continuous through
out the school year. They include
observance of holy days, religious
or cultural discussion groups,
committee activities and social
events.
Hillel Hilites, weekly newspap
er, is sent to members. Kibitzer,
social publication, appears once a
month. A weekly radio program,
the Hillel Hour, will be broadcast
over WMAJ at 7:30 p.m. Thurs
day.
Canterbury Club works toward
a closer spiritual union of Episco
palian, students. A reception for
students will be held at 7:45 p.m.
Sept. 26 at St. Andrew's parish
house, Foster avenue and Frazier
street.
The group meets at 6:30 p.m.
every Sunday in the parish house.
The first Sunday of -each month
a supper precedes the meeting at
5:30 p.m. A speaker is usually in
vited. Open house is held at 7:30
p.m. 'every Thursday in the rec
tory. Cabin parties are held at
the PSCA cabin. Each semester
the group attends a conference
held with a church organization
on another campus. The Parish
Messenger is mailed out monthly
to students.
Holy communion services are
he 1 d at 7 a.m. Wednesday and
7:45 a.m. Sunday, with breakfast
following the services. Church
services are he 1 d at 10:45 a.m.
Sunday.
The group operates a concession
stand near Beaver :held during
football season. .
Christian Science Organization
meeting's consist of Bible lessons
and faith testimonials by group
members. Social activities, han
dled by the Christian Science
Monitor Youth Forum, include
parties at the PSCA cabin, skat
ing, skiing and tobogganing.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow-
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1953
Seek Statistics?
Patiee Library
Houses Them
Want to know what gnus do,
'or the population of Tibet? Need
a book on the habits of Chinese
hummingbirds? If you do, then
the Pattee Library located at the
end of the Mall is the best place
to go.
The library has two floors of
reading and reference rooms and.
four stories of stacks filled with
books. A new addition provides
roo rn .for, three more floors of
stacks and work tables.
The reserve book room on the
first floor is the place where stu
dents may find books professors
put on reserve for - courses. Also
on the first floor is the open shelf
and newspaper room.
Second floor houses the card
catalogue where cross-reference
files indicate the title, subjects, or
author of any book you may be
looking for. The reference room
keeps on file periodicals and re
ports for student use.
Two microfilm projectors are
located in the reference room. The
Penn State room offers historical
facts and fiction about the Col
lege.
The library sponsor's exhibits
in the first and second floor lob
bies. Last year stamp collections,
dolls, book bindings and souvenirs
were displayed.
ship, non-denominational religious
group, meets 7:30 p.m. Friday in
405 Old Main.
Discussions, social activity, and
refreshments follow the meetings.
A speaker is invited each week to
talk with the group. The fellow
ship conducts services at Rock
view Penitentiary on the second
Sunday of every month.